Fill up your favorite coffee mug and make sure to rest up because 2027 is a huge publication year, especially if you’re a fan of thrillers. From serial killer thrillers to dark takes on romance tropes to mean mom groups, we have your TBR planned for you.
Darling, You’re Next by Marlee Bush (1/5)
Maren doesn’t believe in love until a kind stranger helps her at her lowest point only for him to show up later at her grief group. Now, the possibility is there with Topher, a man who understands loss and helps Maren feel seen. When Maren realizes that there are similarities to her and Abby, Topher’s late fiancée who died in a fall that never made sense, the past and present collide. As Maren gets closer to the truth, she realizes she could be next.
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The Golden Child by Lucinda Berry (1/12)
At eleven months apart, Ava and Bentley have always felt more like twins than anything. Ava is the golden child bound for success while Bentley is the reckless one. When Ava gets behind the wheel and hits a classmate after a party, she calls Bentley. When Bentley shows up and sees the carnage from the accident, he tells Ava to go home and Bentley takes the blame. When someone discovers the truth, Ava and Bentley’s family are forced to decide between protecting the daughter with a promising future or the son whose future has always been questionable.
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The Truth About Ruby Cooper by Liz Nugent (1/26)
Sixteen-year-old Ruby and her older sister Erin live with their parents in a their Boston home. When Ruby is involved in an incident with Erin’s boyfriend, Milo, the family divides. Ruby and their mother take off to Ireland while Erin and their father stay behind in Boston. As decades pass, when the truth threatens to emerge, they are both left questioning if they will ever recover from what happened in 1999.
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Scream City by Hannah Morrissey (1/26)
In the eighties in Milwaukee, the Cream City Killer made Walker’s Point his hunting ground, giving the name “Scream City” to the neighborhood. In 1997, things couldn’t get worse for Rex Hale between his divorce, suspension from the police force, and forced to serve eviction notices. When the next guy he serves ends up being murdered, the crime appears to be a copycat killing paying homage to the Cream City Killer. Not only is Rex questioned, but so is the Cream City Killer’s granddaughter, Alice Foster. When the killer uses Rex’s paper route as their own checklist of victims, Rex and Alice have to trust each other to hunt a killer and clear their names.
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Behind Every Face by Charlie Donlea (1/26)
Oliver Whitaker’s website, The Whitaker Report, covers everything from politics to pop culture. With millions of readers checking every day, Ollie is not only a multimillionaire, but a media legend. When his brother, Lucas, leaves Ollie a cryptic voicemail about a scandal, Lucias is tortured and murdered and now Ollie is on the run for his life. When Ollie discovers a blackmail scheme involving Lucas’s company and a flash drive that people are willing to kill for, it’s a race against time between the media coverage and the FBI tries to protect their star witness.
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Beat Me to It by Steph Mullin and Nicole Mabry (2/16)
After fourteen years of a crumbling marriage, Odette Baker has decided to kill her husband, Beau. When she gets home, she finds Beau dead in the living room. After the police arrive, her foolproof plan is failing as all evidence is pointing towards her. Now, Odette has to begin her own investigation to find out who killed her husband and wants to see her go down for the crime.
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Twist by Alice Feeney (2/23)
Ariella is a flight attendance with a double life. In a picture-perfect village, she is the wife of Noah and a mother to their baby. In London, she is the glamorous wife of Luka. Darcy is nothing like Ariella; married to her soulmate, she believes in the one. When a husband is killed, a wife wants answers and she’s about to learn just how far people are willing to go to protect their own secrets.
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When We Were Sisters by Taylor Leamey (3/1)
Eleven years ago, sorority sister Bridget was murdered and a man was convicted and found guilty. Everyone believed he did it except for Sloane, who buried her feelings and moved on. Now, Sloane has received an unexpected invitation for a reunion in Nantucket. With a chance to reunite with old friends for the first time since Bridget’s murder, Sloane happily accepts and at first, it feels like old times. Shortly after arriving, Sloane receives an anonymous note stating not to trust anyone and her obsession with Bridget’s murder comes back when she believes someone in the house is hiding a deadly secret.
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Such a Nice Girl by Andrea Mara (3/9)
The morning after a luxurious wedding, two best friends go to the poorhouse in which their two twenty-four-year-old daughters are sharing to find them both missing. The room has a blood stain on the carpet and a broken lamp, showing signs of a struggle. When the police arrive, the two friends are shocked to discover that it appears one girl was trying to kill the other. As they work together to find answers, they wonder which daughter was the victim and which daughter is a killer?
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Whiteout by Carola Lovering (3/9)
June Lyons has a beautiful life in Aspen, Colorado. She lives with her husband, Shea, and their young daughter, Ivy. Her sister and best friend, Penny, lives close by. Although Shep’s career as an author has skyrocketed, June’s own ambitions are put on the back burner. When June is in a tragic skiing accident, she loses her second pregnancy mere weeks before her due date. Months after, June still can’t put the pieces together when it comes to the accident. Why was she on skis that late in her pregnancy and why was she alone? Determined to get answers, June revisits that horrible day to put the pieces together about the accident that almost killed her.
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Mother Dearest by Clare Bird (3/9)
Imogene finally is free from her mother’s control, but still doesn’t know how to handle it. When she meets the perfect man, she knows her mother would approve of him, except this man has a wife and daughter. But why would Imogene let that get in her way? As mother always said, a problem is only a problem until you solve it.
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The Sleepwalker by Freida McFadden (3/23)
After being traumatized by a cruel incident as a teenager, Samantha sleepwalks. She’s no stranger to waking up with bleeding fingertips, bruises, and no memories from her time sleepwalking. After twenty years, she thinks she has it under control. A nurse by day, Samantha has a secret: when she kills, the noise in her head stops and so does the sleepwalking. Although she only kills men who are predators, bodies begin to surface that she has no memory of killing.
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Girls Will Be Girls by Sophie Stava (4/6)
Between her new home, new coast, young children, and a distant husband, Mallory feels like she’s drowning. Malloy’s heard all of the buzz about the Sweet Hill moms, the powerful and elite clique that could take down anyone in town. When their leader, Natalie, takes notice of Mallory, she’s thrilled. Mallory soon learns that the mom group plays a game called “confessions” in which each woman in the group reveals a secret that could destroy their life. As Mallory gets closer to the group of women, she has to decide what secret she wants to reveal, including the real reason she wanted to join their group in the first place. Now, Mallory is starting to question if her invite into the social circle was really that random or if someone has motives far more deadly.
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Let Me Show You by Monica Arya (4/6)
Obsessed with death since the tragic loss of her mother and sister, Mila Wilson spends her time writing obituaries for the living. When a documentary begins filming about the murders of a group of teenage girls, Mila knows someone is going to come knocking on her door. The problem? Her fiancé is the one directing the documentary and when people start counting bodies, it’s only a matter of time before Mila’s biggest secret comes to light.
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The Spring by Melissa Larsen (4/13)
The body of a young woman has washed up on the shore of a remote beach in Northern California and Detective Shawn Gallo is determined to uncover her identity and what led to her death. In New York City, Shayla Meeker is trying to get her life back on track after moving her adoptive mother into a care facility. When Shay gets a call in the middle of the night from social media darling and best-friend-turned-adoptive sister, Phoebe Grace Hwang, it’s the first she’s heard from her in five years since Phoebe met Daniel Kinman. Phoebe claims she is in trouble and then the line cuts out. Determined to help, Shay flies to California to see Phoebe but is instead met by a beautiful teen named Liv, who claims Phoebe sent her to pick up Shay. Without knowing it, Shay is being drawn into a mystery that is connected to her past.
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Dead Girl Summer by Jeneva Rose (4/27)
Taryn Voss is a disgraced true-crime podcaster who is trying to turn her reputation around after platforming a witness whose lies led to an innocent man’s murder. When she hears of Dead Girl Summer, she thinks this is just what she needs for redemption. The town of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, has named the summer Dead Girl Summer after two years ago, two girls drowned and a third the summer after. Interim Sheriff Dana Mercer has spent her whole life in Tomahawk, so when she hears of Taryn snooping around, she’s determined to not let her make any content out of the tragedies the town has suffered. When a fourth body is found in the lake, the tensions rise and everyone is a suspect.
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Highway Full of Night by S.A. Cosby (6/1)
Anthony Montage is the perfect getaway driver. When two mob underlings ask him to help rip off one of the biggest crime lords in the city, Anthony accepts and makes a clean escape. When he is double-crossed, Anthony flees to Los Angeles. With a new life, new job, and new woman on his arm, Anthony still finds himself driven to fast cars. After showing off, Anthony draws the attention of the wrong people and once again finds himself at a fork in the road.
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Open Flame by P.J. Vernon (6/1)
Kate Baker used to be a lawyer and after her life exploded years ago, she avoids sobriety by combing the streets for bottles and cans to get cash. Kate can’t help but watch what goes on in the homes of Ninth Avenue in Guildford Hill. Hughes Lee-Jensen recently moved into his dream home on Ninth Ave, but with his emotionally distant husband away on business, he finds himself drawn to his handsome neighbor, Luke Henstridge. Luke and Serena are the new couple on Ninth Ave and don’t realize both Kate and Hughes have their eyes on them. When the Henstridge’s young child goes missing, Kate and Hughes question how a child went missing with both of them watching the home.
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Keep Me Like a Secret by Stacy Willingham (6/8)
In 1999, four ten-year-old girls were kidnapped in Fairhope, Alabama. The only one who came home was Rachel Pratt, who fought her way free. Rachel’s testimony put away Simon Burkett to death row. Now, twenty-six-years later, Simon’s sentence has been overturned and Rachel is back in the news, this time not as a survivor but the role of a villain who put an innocent man behind bars. Two weeks after Simon’s release, another girl goes missing in Fairhope as Rachel begins to doubt her recollection of her time spend captive. Determined to find the girl before it’s too late, Rachel confronts her past, flaws and all.
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The Model Family by Natalie Barelli (7/6)
Nora is a quiet and lonely bookstore clerk who is craving a connection. When her coworker, Josh, asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend for Thanksgiving, it seems harmless and Nora says yes. But something about Nora isn’t right, including the collection of dollhouses she has. Nora doesn’t like just miniatures; she likes to create the perfect family. Taking a dark turn on the fake dating trope, Josh realizes his mistake when Nora begins to become too invested in his family.
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